Value.changed not working

[Breezeph_0 (Blaxck)]

Im trying to check if the value is changing, it doesn’t work unless I click another button, then it works.

local function updateTexture(newPetID)
	petID = newPetID
	repeat 		front.Texture = "rbxthumb://type=Asset&id="..petID.."&w=150&h=150" wait(.1) until 		front.Texture == "rbxthumb://type=Asset&id="..petID.."&w=150&h=150"
	repeat 	back.Texture = "rbxthumb://type=Asset&id="..petID.."&w=150&h=150" wait(.1) until 	back.Texture == "rbxthumb://type=Asset&id="..petID.."&w=150&h=150"
end

plr.Data.PetID.Value.Changed:Connect(updateTexture)

local l = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("Pet"):WaitForChild("Eggdog"):WaitForChild("Normal")

l.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr)
	local thing = plr:WaitForChild("Data"):WaitForChild("PetID")
	thing.Value = "12796463132" -- Primary ID
	thing.Value = "12995552929" -- Decoy id
	thing.Value = "12796463132" -- Primary ID
end)

I tried making a decoy ID but that doesn’t even work either

[Prince_Duke (Duke)]

@Breezeph_0

plr.Data.PetID.Value.Changed:Connect(updateTexture)

-- Remove Value from PetID.Value, we are getting the value when the PetID is changed.
plr.Data.PetID.Changed:Connect(updateTexture)

[FloofyNezzled]

If you just want to get the Value being changed, do

plr.Data.PetID:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Value"):Connect(updateTexture)

[Breezeph_0 (Blaxck)]

I did both of these before but i still have the same problem

[FloofyNezzled]

Can you show a video by any chance? What do you mean when you say it doesn’t work until you lick another button?

[gertkeno (Gert)]

@Breezeph_0

repeat front.Texture = "rbxthumb://type=Asset&id="..petID.."&w=150&h=150" wait(.1) until front.Texture == "rbxthumb://type=Asset&id="..petID.."&w=150&h=150"

Why are you repeating texture assignment, I do not believe you need a loop for this.

@Breezeph_0

l.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr)
	local thing = plr:WaitForChild("Data"):WaitForChild("PetID")
	thing.Value = "12796463132" -- Primary ID
	thing.Value = "12995552929" -- Decoy id
	thing.Value = "12796463132" -- Primary ID
end)

When you set the value three times in a row like this, only one changed event will fire. There is not enough time between assignments for multiple .Changed to fire. Are you expecting to see the Decoy id?

[Breezeph_0 (Blaxck)]

No I want to see the Primary ID, since the .changed isn’t working, i thought changing the id to something then turning it back would work.

[Breezeph_0 (Blaxck)]

There are two of these “Select” buttons,
When i click the first one it doesn’t appear sometimes, it 100% appears when i click the other one, I dont want that i want it to 100% work when i click it the first time

!!! THERE IS NO OUTPUT ERRORS, THAT IS ANOTHER SCRIPT THAT IM WORKING ON !!!

[FloofyNezzled]

@Breezeph_0

When i click the first one it doesn’t appear sometimes, it 100% appears when i click the other one, I dont want that i want it to 100% work when i click it the first time

When you run the game, does it default to the ID of the first one? If so, that’s probably why it’s not working.

[gertkeno (Gert)]

The docs say you want to use plr.Data.PetID.Changed:Connect can you make sure you are using a StringValue?

-- A StringValue stores one string
local vString = Instance.new("StringValue")
vString.Changed:Connect(print)

-- This fires Changed with "Hello" (not "Value")
vString.Value = "Hello"

[Breezeph_0 (Blaxck)]

What do you mean floofy? Also gert,

Im using a datastore for this and yes, this is a stringvalue

[FloofyNezzled]

@Breezeph_0

Im using a datastore for this

That’s probably why it’s not working. When you start the game, it defaults to a value, and clicking the button “changes it” to that exact value, thus not firing .Changed or :GetPropertyChangedSignal. That sounds plausible considering the behavior you’re describing.

[Breezeph_0 (Blaxck)]

Ohhh! So you mean when i put it at one of those values, when i leave it saves to that value, and when i join back the value there is the same as that one, Though

wont this fix the problem?

[FloofyNezzled]

@Breezeph_0

wont this fix the problem?

I don’t really know what you’re trying to do by setting the value back and forth. That’s not gonna fire Changed, I don’t think it will fix anything.

[gertkeno (Gert)]

when you set and set it back like that the client doesn’t see the in-between. It happens in the same “frame” so the server only sends the final value, which probably does not fire a Changed event if it’s the same.

[Breezeph_0 (Blaxck)]

I found a better solution for gert’s description, I removed a value and added a wait